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(Amendment   3    to 
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United  Stales  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


AMENDMENT  3  TO  RULE  I,  REVISION  4.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 
OF  SPLENETIC  FEVER  IN  CATTLE.  AMENDMENT  REGARDING  THE 
RETURN  OF  (  ATTLE  OF  THE  NONQUARANTINED  AREA  THAT  ARE 
EXHIBITED  AT  THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  STATE  FAIR  AT  RALEIGH, 
N.  C,  OCTOBER  18  TO  23,  1009. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

It  is  ordered  that  that  portion  of  Rule  1,  Revision  4,  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  splenetic  fever  in  cattle,  effective  on  and  after  April  1,  1909, 
which  relates  to  the  quarantine  in  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  is  hereby 
modified  to  permit  the  interstate  shipment  to  points  outside  the  quar- 
antined area  as  uninfected  cattle,  of  cattle  of  the  nonquarantined  area 
that  are  exhibited  at  the  North  Carolina  State  Fair,  to  be  held  at 
Raleigh,  N.  C,  October  18  to  23,  1909,  subject  to  the  following 
restrictions  : 

(a)  Such  cattle  shall  be  shipped  by  rail  to  Raleigh  and  shall  not  be 
unloaded  in  the  quarantined  area  elsewhere  than  at  Raleigh. 

(b)  Separate  cleaned  and  disinfected  chutes  and  other  facilities  shall 
be  provided  for  the  exclusive  unloading  and  loading  of  such  cattle  at 
Raleigh. 

(c)  Such  cattle  shall  be  hauled  in  clean  and  disinfected  wagons 
direct  from  the  cars  in  which  they  arrive  at  Raleigh  to  the  fair  grounds, 
and  from  the  fair  grounds  direct  to  the  cars  in  which  they  are  to  be 
reshipped. 

(d)  That  portion  of  the  fair  grounds  and  other  premises  to  be  occu- 
pied by  such  cattle  shall  have  been  inaccessible  to  other  cattle  for  at 
least  six  months  previous  to  the  date  of  the  opening  of  the  fair. 

(e)  The  hay,  straw,  or  similar  material  required  for  feed  and  bedding 
by  such  cattle  during  the  time  they  are  within  the  quarantined  area 
shall  be  shipped  in  cleaned  and  disinfected  cars  from  points  outside  of 
the  quarantined  area  and  so  handled  at  Raleigh  that  it  may  not  become 
infectious. 

(f)  Such  cattle  shall  not  be  returned  from  Raleigh  to  points  outside 
of  the   quarantined  area  except   in  cleaned   and  disinfected  cars,  nor 


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unless  accompanied  by  a  certificate  issued  by  an  inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  showing  that  such  cattle  have  had  no 
opportunity  to  become  infected  with  the  cattle  tick  (Mar gar  opus 
annulatus) . 

Done  at  Washington  this  twenty-third  day  of 
September,  1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture . 


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